PATNA: A boat carrying 17 passengers, mostly from the same family, capsized in the Ganga river near Umanath ganga ghat in Barh sub-division of Patna district on Sunday morning at around 9.15 am. While 11 people have been rescued, with some managing to swim to safety and reach the shore, six individuals are still missing.

“The mishap took place at around 9.15 am near Umanath ganga ghat when the boat carrying 17 people, mostly belonging to a family, overturned midway.The boat overturned and sank in the middle of the Ganga river. While 11 people have been rescued so far. Some of them managed to swim to safety and reach the shore of the river, six are still missing,” said Shubham Kumar, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Barh).
Following the incident, district administration officials and police personnel promptly arrived at the scene. They began rescue operations with the help of local residents to find the missing passengers.
The search for the six missing individuals is ongoing, according to Kumar.
“We are also engaging personnel of the state disaster relief force. We are trying to ascertain the identity of the missing persons,” the SDM added.